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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Overall users? Probably not. The casual lurker does not know or care what an API is.

But the vast majority of content is made by a tiny fraction of the user base, and that fraction are the ones they pissed off. The quality of posts on large subs very much went down, with repost bots becoming even more prominent than before.

[–] Buffalox 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But the vast majority of content is made by a tiny fraction of the user base

Yes, I agree that's a crucial point, question is if there are enough left to allow reddit to stay relevant. They are still a huge forum, that is valuable to have an influence on.

As long as they can maintain traffic, they may still recover.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which makes it important to bomb old accounts' content. Adding "reddit" to a search term often lead to better results from search engines. It's better it shouldn't anymore.

[–] Buffalox -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes I agree, I deleted my account a few years ago, and only visited a few subs through bookmarks in my browser.

When the API shit show started, I deleted my bookmarks too, and haven't visited reddit at all for 4+ months. Not even for curiosity.